Obstructive sleep apnea in poorly controlled asthmatic children: Effect of adenotonsillectomy

摘要

I am writing on behalf the article "OSA in poorly controlled asthmatic children and effects of tonsillec-tomy" by Keirandish-Gozal et al. in this year's April issue.This is a very interesting field for research. But, I must confess: I wonder how this study managed to pass peer review! It is unable to answer its own study hypothesis-it cannot say anything about the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OS A) in poorly controlled asthmatic children due to the lack of a control group, and the comparison to "literature" made is vague. There is no comparison to well controlled asthmatics, e.g., and to the prevalence of obesity in the "literature comparison group."